In the Flemish Parliament election, the liberal-socialist government was put to the test. The
far right Vlaams Blok became the second largest party in
Flanders just after the alliance of conservatives
Christian Democratic and Flemish-
New Flemish Alliance (CD&V - N-VA). The green party
Groen! managed to be elected and keeps half of their seats in the parliament. In contrast with the previous election, the
People's Union (VU-ID) has split and the new parties, N-VA and
Spirit, allied with CD&V and
Different Socialist Party (SP.A) respectively. Because of the
cordon sanitaire of all the other parties against Vlaams Blok, a coalition of at least three parties needed to be formed in order to have a majority in the Flemish Parliament. Groen! confirmed that it did not want to take part in the new coalition, so the only coalition left was a conservative-socialist-liberal tripartite. In the aftermath of the elections,
Yves Leterme (CD&V) was selected to form a Flemish regional government.
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Walloon Regional Parliament ==